Gathering of Developers set out to change the way games were published. The indie publisher worked with small developers to release games without micromanagement. With G.O.D., studios could work on their games without worrying about rushed release dates and creative interference. During its brief life, G.O.D. published a variety of classics, including Max Payne, Tropico and Railroad Tycoon II. Eventually, however, Take 2 purchased G.O.D. and founders Mike Wilson and Harry Miller left the company.
Though their company was gone, Wilson, Miller and G.O.D. CFO Rick Stults couldn't shake the gaming bug. Their new enterprise, Gamecock, follows the same guiding principals of its predecessor-though its fully stocked war chest should help the startup avoid some of the financial issues that led to G.O.D.'s demise. Gamecock is coming out of the corner swinging, too.
"The major publishers have been focusing on safe bets–large budget games often attached to major licenses or sequels," said Mike Wilson, CEO of Gamecock. "This insufficient emphasis on the creation of original game properties has created major dissatisfaction among the industry's most talented game designers and has made the current system unpalatable. In other words, things are getting stale. We aim to change that."
Gamecock's first group of five titles covers a lot of genres and platforms, including PC, handhelds and next-gen consoles.
Game Informer spoke to Gamecock's Rick Stults about his role in the company, what the founders learned from G.O.D. and what they plan to do next. For more information about the company and exclusive interviews with Miller and Wilson, check out the upcoming March issue of Game Informer.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
...and somehow, GAMECOCK becomes the unanimous choice. How the f*ck does something like this happen? ???